Security personnel tackle a man who threw a shoe at President Bush during a joint statement with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad, December 14, 2008. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)From The International Herald Tribune:
An Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush in a fit of outrage was hit in the head with a rifle butt and had an arm broken in chaotic scenes when he was leapt on by Iraqi security officers, his brother said Tuesday.
TV reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi, who called Bush a "dog" at a news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Sunday, was in a hospital in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, his brother Maitham al-Zaidi said.
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Iraqi Shoe-Thrower Reportedly Injured in Custody -- Voice Of America
Official: Shoe-thrower in Iraqi judicial custody -- AP
In Iraqi’s Shoe-Hurling Protest, Arabs Find a Hero -- New York Times
Iraqis urge government to free shoe-thrower -- CNN
Shoe thrower causes angst for US security forces -- Sydney Morning Herald
Secret Service faces questions after Bush shoe incident -- L.A. Times
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